| Weakness and
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| • | A
weak central government and local |
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| autonomy
followed that favored the |
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| merchants
of Buenos Aires and the |
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| surrounding
ranchers called gauchos. |
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| • | Campaigns
against the Indians opened |
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lands in the south. |
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| • | Rosas
ruled in a populist, authoritarian |
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and exiled the opponents. |
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